UA Student From Fort Payne Named to McNair Program

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Maurice Parrom of Fort Payne has been selected as a 2005 McNair Scholar at The University of Alabama.

During the summer of 2005, under the guidance of faculty mentor Dr. John Higginbotham, associate dean for research and health policy, director of the Institute for Rural Health Research, and professor and interim chair of Community and Rural Medicine at UA, Parrom is conducting research comparing the use and benefits of the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act in urban and rural areas in West Alabama.

The McNair Scholars Program is a prestigious scholarship and research program that helps prepare accomplished undergraduates for graduate study. A U.S. Department of Education TRIO program, McNair Scholars serves first-generation college students and students from other groups underrepresented in doctoral study.